Above my desk at work is a plaque with the words: “I am fortunate to live, walk and breathe among the bravest of heroes. I am a proud military wife.”
Military wives are a rare and special breed. We are fiercely protective of our husbands, our children and our country and, make no mistake, we will fight to the death to protect all three.
Lately, however, the threat we face is from our own commanders. From McChrystal's disastrous and idiotic strategy in Afghanistan to the dereliction of duty by Major Nidal Hasan's superiors, our men and women are being sacrificed to the gods of political correctness - their hands metaphorically tied behind their backs. Soldiers are getting more training in multiculturalism than in the difference between lawful and unlawful orders. They are subjected to "Sensitivity Training" so they will not make the mistake of offending anyone. (You know, like some jihadist headshrinker with pre-PTSD...)